Lost files. How to reset to an earlier time or date.

Dont have time machine and really need to set the mac to an earlier time of the day/date/the last time it was turned on. Lost very important files:(

Maybe a long shot, but you could download the demo of a data rescue utility such as data Rescue III and see if it can see the missing files. If so, and they have not yet been overwritten, you may be able to retrieve them.
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